Staging this play has always presented a challenge, to which Sport for Jove has risen, admirably. Neither obsequiously purist nor deferentially modern: the production is set in what is ostensibly 1920s era filmmaking, a witness […]

A film all about time could have used it better. Canberra-native Mia Wasikowska reprises the title role that made her a star in this loose adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland […]

Spoiler alert: This piece discusses major Rake plot points up until the end of Season 3 Everyone’s favourite (or least favourite) barrister is back in town. The massive in-joke for both Sydney’s theatre scene and […]

The greatest hits of Martin Scorsese. Daniel Radcliffe as a farting corpse. An adaptation of a little-known Jane Austen novella where Kate Beckinsale plays “the Walter White of polite British society.” A Polish-romance-comedy-horror-vampire-mermaid-musical. These are […]

Arguably Tom Stoppard’s most famous play, this intimate staging of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead provides just the right setting for the author’s treatise on mortality, conventional logic and theatre itself. As much a collection of philosophical […]

Sydney’s second annual Irish Film Festival concluded at The Chauvel Cinema in Sydney’s Paddington following four days of screenings, closing with the Australian premiere of Lost In The Living, which chronicles an Irish musician’s (Tadgh […]

Note: contains spoilers Australia was jolted awake this morning by the Eurovision grand finale; and after that vote count, there’s no way we’re going back to sleep. For the first time ever, the contest crossed […]

Did you ever watch a film and think, I’ve seen that before? This year has already seen two separate treatments of the famed Florence Foster Jenkins, with announcements only in the past weeks that more […]

It’s another year of Eurovision – ballads, strobe lights, the tackiest hosts Europe could muster and at least one act denied permission to perform naked with wolves. (spoilers ahead) After Guy Sebastian placed fifth with […]

The title tells you everything you need to know. We Will Rock You weaves Queen’s greatest hits and thankfully, for both the fans and the uninitiated, many of their lesser known numbers and melodies into […]

Chekhov’s tragicomic classic gets a more modern treatment with the New Theatre’s production of The Cherry Orchard, focused much more on its tragic dimensions than its inbuilt lighter fare. Revolving around an aristocratic family returning […]

Emotions. All of the emotions. Belleville parks its elephant in the room from the very beginning, making it evident that at some point, probably towards the end, something very, very bad is going to happen. […]

Midnight Special deserved a bigger release than it got. Straddling the commercial/arthouse divide with a combination of thrills, finely-tuned CGI, big-name actors and marvellous sci-fi abstractions, director Jeff Nichols’ latest takes you on a ride where […]

Civil War is the best film Marvel has made since The Avengers and the stand-out of now three Captain America blockbusters. Directors Anthony and Joe Russo quickly cottoned on to what made the first Marvel […]

The type of toe-tapping fun that appeals to all ages, I seriously doubt anyone seeing The Detective’s Handbook will leave the theatre without a smile on their face. An original, musical, farcical take on Chandler-esque, […]

A year on from setting up shop in Australia, Netflix has gone from strength to strength. Pumping out hits like House of Cards, Daredevil, and Love; the streaming service also recently released the second series of Tina […]

Sydney’s Irish Film Festival enjoyed another big year in 2016, and was capped off with a screening of Robert Manson’s vivid musical adventure, Lost In The Living. Sydney’s second annual Irish Film Festival concluded on […]

An affirmed and amusingly ingenious sci-fi comedy cult classic, 1999’s Galaxy Quest nearly got the small screen sequel treatment, but sadly went crashing back to earth with the passing of much loved co-star, Alan Rickman. […]

After years of delighting children around the world, Hollywood has produced a live-action remake of The Jungle Book, a Disney classic and collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling. It’s a bittersweet affair given the sudden death of comedian Garry Shandling at […]